Active clinical trials for "Polyneuropathies"

To describe if there are differences in the subjective, objective and electrophysiologic parameters of diabetic polyneuropathies at baseline, four (4) weeks, eight (8) weeks, and twelve (12) weeks after Cilostazol therapy.

This is an open-label, multicenter, international study designed to determine TTR stabilization as well as Fx-1006A safety and tolerability, and its effects on clinical outcomes in patients with non-V30M TTR amyloidosis. Strong pre-clinical and clinical evidence support a daily dose of 20 mg of Fx-1006A to be the optimum dose to achieve stabilization of tetrameric TTR in ATTR-PN patients. Since disease presentation is similar between V30M and non-V30M TTR mutations associated with ATTR-PN and Fx-1006A has been shown to stabilize wild-type and V30M TTR in vitro and ex vivo, the present study is being conducted to determine the effects of Fx-1006A on TTR stabilization in ATTR-PN patients with TTR mutations other than V30M. Safety and exploratory efficacy of Fx-1006A administered once daily for 12 months will also be evaluated in this patient population. This is an open-label, multicenter, international study designed to determine TTR stabilization as well as Fx-1006A safety and tolerability, and its effects on clinical outcomes in patients with non-V30M TTR amyloidosis. The study will be conducted in two parts. Part 1 will include a six-week dosing period during which all enrolled patients will receive oral Fx-1006A 20 mg soft gelatin capsules once daily for six weeks. At Week 6, blood samples will be collected from each patient to determine TTR stabilization. Patients who complete the Week 6 visit will continue receiving daily oral Fx-1006A 20 mg for up to a total of 12 months during Part 2 of this study. If it is determined that a patient is not stabilized at Week 6, the patient will be discontinued from the study. During Part 2, clinical outcomes will be measured at Months 6 and 12, based on NIS, Norfolk QOL-DN, mBMI, NCS, HRDB, SF-36, Karnofsky score, and echocardiography; NT-pro-BNP and troponin I levels will be measured at Baseline, Weeks 2 and 6, and Months 3, 6, and 12. Pharmacokinetic measurements will be made using samples collected at Baseline, Week 6, and Months 6 and 12. Safety and tolerability will be assessed throughout the study based on vital signs, physical examinations, ECG, echocardiography, 24-hour Holter monitoring, clinical laboratory tests (hematology, serum chemistry, and urinalysis), and monitoring adverse events and concomitant medication use. Day 1 will be defined as administration of the first dose of study drug. Clinic Visits will be conducted during Screening (Days -30 to -1) and at Baseline (Day 0), and Week 2, and Week 6, and Months 3, 6, and 12 (± 2 weeks of the scheduled date for post-Baseline visits). Monthly telephone contacts (+ 1 week of the scheduled date) will be made during months in which no investigative site visits are scheduled (Months 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11) for assessment of adverse events and concomitant medications. A final telephone contact to assess adverse events and concomitant medication usage will be made 30 days after the last dose of study drug. Patients who discontinue from the study at any time following enrollment will have a final visit performed, including all safety assessments, at the time of discontinuation. Any patient discontinuing after the Month 6 visit will also have all exploratory assessments performed.

The primary and secondary objectives of this study are: Primary: To evaluate stem-cell-mobilization in subjects with diabetic neuropathy receiving SB-509. Stem cell mobilization will be assessed by evaluating the presence of stem cells circulating in peripheral blood. Secondary: To evaluate the safety of SB-509 in subjects treated with SB-509 with diabetic neuropathy; and to compare the effect of SB-509 versus placebo on a pre-defined multi-endpoint analysis that includes visual analog scale for pain intensity (VASPI), total neuropathy score (TNS), evoked nerve conduction velocity (NCV) and quantitative sensory testing (QST)

Polyneuropathy associated with anti-MAG monoclonal IgM gammopathy is responsive of mainly a sensory deficit in predominantly males ,aged 40-70 years. Significantly high serum anti-MAG antibodies are linked with demyelinating features of the peripheral nerves.Rituximab, an anti-CD 20 monoclonal antibody is a new drug which reduces B-lymphocytes. This study will test the safety and efficacy of rituximab in the treatment of patients with anti-MAG polyneuropathy.

The primary objectives of the study are to evaluate the efficacy and safety of three doses of MCC-257 in patients with mild to moderate diabetic polyneuropathy

The use of neuroimaging in the evaluation of neuromuscular pathologies is a promising and rapidly expandinf field. Among the different imaging techniques employed, nerve ultrasound is of particular interest given it's non invasivity, lack of side effects, accesibility and low cost. This exam provides complementary data to electroneuromyography (ENMG), enabeling the physician to visualise the morphological correspondents of electrophysiological abnormalities with a spatial resolution at least as good as MRI. Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuritis (CIDP), Multifocal Motor Neuropathy with Conduction Blocks (MMNBC), Lewis and Sumner syndrome (L-S syndrome) and anti-MAG antibody-associated neuropathies (anti-MAG) are among the main chronic inflammatory neuropathies of autoimmune etiology. The diagnosis of these diseases is based on clinical, paraclinical and ENMG examinations. Several recent studies have highlighted the valuable role of ultrasound not only in the diagnosis but also for follow up of patients afflicted by this group of diseases. However, the current ultrasound imaging techniques does not allow for a detailed study of the internal structure of the nerves. The developement of technologies with improved resolution contribute to further the knowledge in this innovative field and to better understand the pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for initiation and progression of inflammatory nerve disorders.In the Department of Ultrasound at the Nice University Hospital in France the team have at its disposal a high frequency untrasound that the team use to explore the peripheral nervous system. The scientific hypothesis of this pilot study rests on the premise that demyelinationg neuropathies are a heterogenous group where different types present with different morphological characteristics not only at the level of the nerve as a whole, but also at the level of the nerve fascicles and of the peri- and intra-neural vascular structures. In this respect, high frequency ultrasound allows us to visualise different segments of affected nerves and to obtain morphological details which the team then compare with existing ultrasound data in the literature (high frequency ultrasound: 10-20 MHz). Thanks to this non-invasive and painless technique, the nerve can be rapidly visualised along its entire length in static and dynamic mode. In addition, high frequency ultrasound will give us access to complementary data on the morphology of the soft tissues and the peri- and intra-neural vascular structures which may be useful in shedding light on the underlying pathophysiologycal processes. Another important aspect is the opportunity to make electromyographic and clinical correlations The main parameter The team will study in ultrasound will be hypertrophy, corresponding to an increase in the cross-sectional area of the nerve. the team will also conduct analysis on other less codified parameters, such as epineural and endoneural vascularisation (using the Doppler mode), as well as nerve fascicles anatomy (size, organisation). Identification of different characteristics may be of diagnostic interest in cases where the clinical, paraclinical and ENMG examinations do not allow us to make a diagnostic and therapeutic decision, but it can also prove useful in the follow-up of patients and response to treatment. This is a descriptive, pilot, mono-centric, multiparametric and retrospective analysis study on patients followed in our centre with a diagnosis of CIDP, NMMBC, L-S syndrom and anti-MAG

The purpose of this trial is to determine if the effect of oxcarbazepine on chronic peripheral nerve pain depends on the supposed mechanism of the pain, ie. if oxcarbazepine mainly relieve pain in patients with irritable nerves.

Treatment of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a challenge because disease may generate important disability in patients including young adults. Randomized trials showed that corticosteroids, plasma exchanges and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) can reduce impairment on a short term period but the treatment of a chronic disease doesn't agree with it. Corticosteroids and IVIg are the first line CIDP treatments. No study permits to demonstrate the superiority of one treatment to the other. Long term adverse effects of corticosteroids and IVIg cost are the respective limitation of their use. The investigators scheduled to recruit 40 CIDP patients in 23 French centres to receive either 0,8mg/kg/day of prednisone progressively tapered over 6 months or a monthly 2g/kg cure of IVIg during 6 months. Patients will be followed during 6 months after the treatment.

This study is an extension study to the pivotal study IgPro20_3003 (NCT01545076). The purpose of this extension study is to investigate the long-term treatment of CIDP with IgPro20, with regard to safety and efficacy. Subjects who have completed subcutaneous (SC) Week 25 or were successfully rescued from a CIDP relapse during the SC Treatment Period of pivotal study IgPro20_3003 (NCT01545076) will have the option to receive open-label low-dose IgPro20 (0.2 g/kg bodyweight [bw]) weekly for up to 48 weeks. Subjects relapsing on low-dose IgPro20 will either return to high-dose IgPro20 (0.4 g/kg) immediately or be discontinued, depending on investigator's judgment. Subjects returning to high-dose IgPro20 will continue on high-dose until they have completed a total of 48 weeks of IgPro20 treatment. If subjects do not successfully recover from CIDP relapse within 4 weeks, they will be withdrawn. The treatment duration will be up to 48 weeks, followed by a completion visit (week 49).

Aims: To evaluate the effect of ezetimibe/simvastatin and rosuvastatin on oxidative stress and mitochondrial function in patients with DPN. Methods: We performed a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial in adult patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) who had Diabetic Polyneuropathy (DPN) evaluated by composite scores and nerve conduction studies (NCS), HBA1C <12% (108 mmol/mol), previous exclusion of other neuropathies. Ninety-eight persons with T2DM were allocated 1:1:1 to either placebo, ezetimibe/simvastatin 10/20 mg or rosuvastatin 20 mg for 16 weeks, and healthy controls (not randomized) were included for comparisons. Primary outcomes were lipid peroxidation (LPO), nitric oxide (NO), and total antioxidant capacity (TAC); secondary were clinical, NCS and metabolic parameters. Results were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or standard error of the mean (SEM), frequencies and percentages. Non-parametric analysis was used.